Is Kunduz the beginning of the end for Afghanistan?

October 5, 2015 6:56 AM

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America’s deadly hospital strike points up how hard it’s going to be to keep control from the air.

A week ago, Kunduz, a provincial capital of 300,000 in northern Afghanistan, was not considered of particular strategic importance in the war against the Taliban. The Afghan government’s focus has been primarily on the fight in river valleys of southern Afghanistan to protect Kandahar, and in the mo...

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